Got this plea from a nice neighbour this afternoon, so here I am with
her DC05 Absolute. I easily removed the one visible torx screw (needed
an extra long T15 torx bit though), but as expected that didn't help me
any!! I'm loathe to risk wrecking anything by prising of the wrong
plastic bits, anyone done one of these before?

Actually I have a strong suspision its just the mains plug parting
company from the cable, as the cable is on a self-wind reel which is
unwound against years of friction build-up by catching hold of the plug
(molded on of course!) and heaving. There is evidence that the cable has
shifted 3-4mm out of the molding so suspect thats the problem. But
before cutting it off I want to get at the machine end to test
continuity.

Thinks... perhaps I can do that with a needle to pierce the sheathing,
but if its ok i'll still need to get inside the beast for further
investigation.

Oh yes, the fault is that it worked fine this morning but then wouldn't
start.

Ta

Phil